Lecture—3 hours; film viewing—3 hours. The role gender plays in film history/culture in various geographical contexts and in aspects of contemporary globalization. Films from nations such as China, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Korea, New Zealand, and the U.S. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt | AH, VL, WC, WE.

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Critical introduction to major traditions of social thinking in the West from a feminist perspective. Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.

70. Theory and History of Sexualities (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Key issues in the social construction, organization, and reproduction of sexualities such as the intersection of sexual identity with gender, race, ethnicity, and class, and the relation between movements for sexual liberation and the regulation of the body. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.

80. Special Topics in Women's Studies (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Limited enrollment. In-depth examination of a women's studies topic related to the research interest of the instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. Offered irregularly.

90X. Lower Division Seminar (2)

Seminar—2 hours. Examination of a special topic in Women's Studies through shared readings, discussions, and written assignments.

91. Research Seminar in the Transnational Production and Consumption of Fashion (1-2)

Seminar—1-2 hours. Preparation for a research conference. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

98. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Upper Division

102. Gender and Post Colonialism (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 50, 60. Explores changing configurations of race, gender, sexuality, class and implications for governmentality in one or more colonial or postcolonial regimes in one or more societies. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, DD, WC, WE.

103. Introduction to Feminist Theory (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 50 recommended or consent of instructor. Introduction to the emergence of feminist theory and to key concepts in feminist theorizing. Examination of past and current debates over sexuality, race, identity politics, and the social construction of women's experience. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.—F. (F.)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Examination of contemporary conflicts over family values and the changing family from a feminist perspective. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.—W. (W.)

136. Critical Food Studies (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper Construction of gender through production and consumption of goods and services. Transnational movement of peoples and products. Topics may include fashion, film, food, and technology. May be repeated for credit. Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt|ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WC, WE

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; term paper. Class size limited to 60 students. Critical reading and reflection on the history of Western science, scientific institutions and the changing role of science in relation to inequalities of class, race, gender and sexuality, and global struggles for equality and justice. Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div | AH or SS, DD, WC, WE.

158. Contemporary Masculinities (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. A multicultural study of contemporary trends in masculinity and the economic, social and political forces that have shaped them. Topics may include men's movements, ethnic nationalist masculinities, and images of masculinity in popular culture. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; film-viewing—3 hours. Historical overview of and contemporary issues in feminist film theory, including representation, spectatorship, and cultural production. Film stars, women filmmakers, and the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, and class in films and their audiences. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div | ACGH, AH, DD, VL, WC, WE.

164. Topics in Gender and Cinematic Representation (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; film-viewing—3 hours. Examination of a specific topic within the broad rubric of gender and cinema. Possible topics include Latinas in Hollywood; gender, nation, cinema; and gender and film genre. Topics vary. May be repeated two times for credit when topic differs. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div | AH, VL, WC, WE.

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Role of gender in the creation of social policies, especially with respect to issues brought into the policy arena by contemporary feminism. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div | ACGH, DD, SS, WE.

189. Special Topics in Critical Gender Studies (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. In-depth examination of a women's studies topic related to the research interests of the instructor. May be repeated one time for credit when topic differs. Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | AH or SS, WE.

190. Senior Seminar (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Capstone course for senior Women's Studies majors, which focuses on current issues on feminism as they impact theory, public policy, and practice. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | ACGH, AH or SS, DD.—S. (S.)

191. Capstone Seminar (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Revision, completion, and presentation of senior research or creative project. Creating a multimedia Web site for publishing research and creative projects. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Wrt | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.

192. Internship in Women's Studies (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours; written report. Prerequisite: completion of a minimum of 84 units and consent of instructor; enrollment dependent on availability of intern positions with priority to Women's Studies majors. Supervised internship and study in positions/institutional settings dealing with gender-related problems or issues, as for example, a women's center, affirmative action office, advertising agency, or social welfare agency. Final written report on internship experience. (P/NP grading only.)

193. Feminist Leadership Seminar (2)

Seminar—2 hours. Use feminist methods to critically reflect on the ethical, methodological and strategic aspects of an organization, project, campaign, movement or other social change initiative. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.) Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci | ACGH, AH or SS, DD, WE.

Seminar—4 hours. Group study of a topic, issue or area in feminist theory and research involving intensive reading and writing. May be repeated for credit. Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt | AH or SS, ACGH, DD, WE.

197T. Tutoring in Women's Studies (1-4)

Tutoring—3-12 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of director. Leading small, voluntary discussion groups affiliated with a Women's Studies course. May be repeated for credit for a total of 8 units. (P/NP grading only.) Offered irregularly.

Graduate

200A. Current Issues in Feminist Theory (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Current issues in feminist theory; techniques employed to build feminist theory in various fields.

200B. Problems in Feminist Research (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 200A with a grade of B+ or better. Application of feminist theoretical perspectives to the interdisciplinary investigation of a problem or question chosen by the instructor(s). May be repeated for credit when subject area differs.

201. Special Topics in Feminist Theory and Research (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Limited enrollment. Explores in depth a topic in feminist theory and research related to the research interests of the instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. Offered irregularly.

250. Cultural Study of Masculinities (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the social and cultural construction of masculinities; attention to the effects of biology, gender, race, class, sexual and national identities; criticism of oral, printed, visual, and mass mediated texts, and of social relations and structures. (Same course as American Studies 250.) Offered irregularly.

299. Special Study for Graduate Students (1-12)

(S/U grading only.) Offered irregularly.

299D. Dissertation Research and Writing (4)

Prerequisite: courses 200A and 200B; fulfillment of course requirements for the DE in Feminist Theory and Research, advancement to candidacy. (S/U grading only.) Offered irregularly.